diff --git a/Lib/test/test_c_locale_coercion.py b/Lib/test/test_c_locale_coercion.py
index f62208a..1db293b 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_c_locale_coercion.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_c_locale_coercion.py
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@
         return data
 
     @classmethod
-    def get_child_details(cls, env_vars, xoption=None):
+    def get_child_details(cls, env_vars):
         """Retrieves fsencoding and standard stream details from a child process
 
         Returns (encoding_details, stderr_lines):
@@ -150,11 +150,10 @@
         The child is run in isolated mode if the current interpreter supports
         that.
         """
-        args = []
-        if xoption:
-            args.extend(("-X", f"coerce_c_locale={xoption}"))
-        args.extend(("-X", "utf8=0", "-c", cls.CHILD_PROCESS_SCRIPT))
-        result, py_cmd = run_python_until_end(*args, **env_vars)
+        result, py_cmd = run_python_until_end(
+            "-X", "utf8=0", "-c", cls.CHILD_PROCESS_SCRIPT,
+            **env_vars
+        )
         if not result.rc == 0:
             result.fail(py_cmd)
         # All subprocess outputs in this test case should be pure ASCII
@@ -213,8 +212,7 @@
                                       expected_fs_encoding,
                                       expected_stream_encoding,
                                       expected_warnings,
-                                      coercion_expected,
-                                      xoption=None):
+                                      coercion_expected):
         """Check the C locale handling for the given process environment
 
         Parameters:
@@ -222,7 +220,7 @@
             expected_stream_encoding: expected encoding for standard streams
             expected_warning: stderr output to expect (if any)
         """
-        result = EncodingDetails.get_child_details(env_vars, xoption)
+        result = EncodingDetails.get_child_details(env_vars)
         encoding_details, stderr_lines = result
         expected_details = EncodingDetails.get_expected_details(
             coercion_expected,
@@ -292,7 +290,6 @@
                                  coerce_c_locale,
                                  expected_warnings=None,
                                  coercion_expected=True,
-                                 use_xoption=False,
                                  **extra_vars):
         """Check the C locale handling for various configurations
 
@@ -322,12 +319,8 @@
             "PYTHONCOERCECLOCALE": "",
         }
         base_var_dict.update(extra_vars)
-        xoption = None
         if coerce_c_locale is not None:
-            if use_xoption:
-                xoption = coerce_c_locale
-            else:
-                base_var_dict["PYTHONCOERCECLOCALE"] = coerce_c_locale
+            base_var_dict["PYTHONCOERCECLOCALE"] = coerce_c_locale
 
         # Check behaviour for the default locale
         with self.subTest(default_locale=True,
@@ -349,8 +342,7 @@
                                                fs_encoding,
                                                stream_encoding,
                                                _expected_warnings,
-                                               _coercion_expected,
-                                               xoption=xoption)
+                                               _coercion_expected)
 
         # Check behaviour for explicitly configured locales
         for locale_to_set in EXPECTED_C_LOCALE_EQUIVALENTS:
@@ -365,8 +357,7 @@
                                                        fs_encoding,
                                                        stream_encoding,
                                                        expected_warnings,
-                                                       coercion_expected,
-                                                       xoption=xoption)
+                                                       coercion_expected)
 
     def test_PYTHONCOERCECLOCALE_not_set(self):
         # This should coerce to the first available target locale by default
@@ -413,32 +404,6 @@
                                       expected_warnings=[LEGACY_LOCALE_WARNING],
                                       coercion_expected=False)
 
-    def test_xoption_set_to_1(self):
-        self._check_c_locale_coercion("utf-8", "utf-8", coerce_c_locale="1",
-                                      use_xoption=True)
-
-    def test_xoption_set_to_zero(self):
-        # The setting "0" should result in the locale coercion being disabled
-        self._check_c_locale_coercion(EXPECTED_C_LOCALE_FS_ENCODING,
-                                      EXPECTED_C_LOCALE_STREAM_ENCODING,
-                                      coerce_c_locale="0",
-                                      coercion_expected=False,
-                                      use_xoption=True)
-        # Setting LC_ALL=C shouldn't make any difference to the behaviour
-        self._check_c_locale_coercion(EXPECTED_C_LOCALE_FS_ENCODING,
-                                      EXPECTED_C_LOCALE_STREAM_ENCODING,
-                                      coerce_c_locale="0",
-                                      LC_ALL="C",
-                                      coercion_expected=False,
-                                      use_xoption=True)
-
-    def test_xoption_set_to_warn(self):
-        # -X coerce_c_locale=warn enables runtime warnings for legacy locales
-        self._check_c_locale_coercion("utf-8", "utf-8",
-                                      coerce_c_locale="warn",
-                                      expected_warnings=[CLI_COERCION_WARNING],
-                                      use_xoption=True)
-
 def test_main():
     test.support.run_unittest(
         LocaleConfigurationTests,
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_cmd_line.py b/Lib/test/test_cmd_line.py
index 0424f75..95cdc8d 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_cmd_line.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_cmd_line.py
@@ -159,16 +159,13 @@
         env = os.environ.copy()
         # Use C locale to get ascii for the locale encoding
         env['LC_ALL'] = 'C'
+        env['PYTHONCOERCECLOCALE'] = '0'
         code = (
             b'import locale; '
             b'print(ascii("' + undecodable + b'"), '
                 b'locale.getpreferredencoding())')
         p = subprocess.Popen(
-            [sys.executable,
-             # Disable C locale coercion and UTF-8 Mode to not use UTF-8
-             "-X", "coerce_c_locale=0",
-             "-X", "utf8=0",
-             "-c", code],
+            [sys.executable, "-c", code],
             stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT,
             env=env)
         stdout, stderr = p.communicate()
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_embed.py b/Lib/test/test_embed.py
index 79c34ec..2927458 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_embed.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_embed.py
@@ -267,6 +267,9 @@
         'malloc_stats': 0,
         'utf8_mode': 0,
 
+        'coerce_c_locale': 0,
+        'coerce_c_locale_warn': 0,
+
         'program_name': './_testembed',
         'argc': 0,
         'argv': '[]',
@@ -287,8 +290,6 @@
 
         '_disable_importlib': 0,
         'Py_FrozenFlag': 0,
-        '_coerce_c_locale': 0,
-        '_coerce_c_locale_warn': 0,
     }
 
     def check_config(self, testname, expected):
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_sys.py b/Lib/test/test_sys.py
index 9155afc..27f7590 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_sys.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_sys.py
@@ -656,8 +656,9 @@
 
     def c_locale_get_error_handler(self, locale, isolated=False, encoding=None):
         # Force the POSIX locale
-        env = dict(os.environ)
+        env = os.environ.copy()
         env["LC_ALL"] = locale
+        env["PYTHONCOERCECLOCALE"] = "0"
         code = '\n'.join((
             'import sys',
             'def dump(name):',
@@ -667,10 +668,7 @@
             'dump("stdout")',
             'dump("stderr")',
         ))
-        args = [sys.executable,
-                "-X", "utf8=0",
-                "-X", "coerce_c_locale=0",
-                "-c", code]
+        args = [sys.executable, "-c", code]
         if isolated:
             args.append("-I")
         if encoding is not None:
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_utf8_mode.py b/Lib/test/test_utf8_mode.py
index 8c64276..554abfa 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_utf8_mode.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_utf8_mode.py
@@ -27,8 +27,6 @@
         return (loc in POSIX_LOCALES)
 
     def get_output(self, *args, failure=False, **kw):
-        # Always disable the C locale coercion (PEP 538)
-        args = ('-X', 'coerce_c_locale=0', *args)
         kw = dict(self.DEFAULT_ENV, **kw)
         if failure:
             out = assert_python_failure(*args, **kw)
@@ -118,6 +116,7 @@
             # PYTHONLEGACYWINDOWSFSENCODING disables the UTF-8 mode
             # and has the priority over -X utf8 and PYTHONUTF8
             out = self.get_output('-X', 'utf8', '-c', code,
+                                  PYTHONUTF8='strict',
                                   PYTHONLEGACYWINDOWSFSENCODING='1')
             self.assertEqual(out, 'mbcs/replace')